MILAN - As we await this evening’s Serie A match, which kicks off at 20:45, we present you with some interesting statistics from Football Data regarding Inter v Napoli.
Inter with just one penalty in 2013/14
Inter, along with Atalanta, have received the fewest penalties in their favour in the 2013/14 season: just one.
Mazzarri’s Inter: 4th in draws
Walter Mazzarri’s Inter side lead the league in draws this season, with 14 in 33 matches. Currently they sit in 4th place in the club’s history for the most draws in a single-table Serie A season. The most overall came in the 2004/05 season with 18, followed by 17 in 1991/92 and 16 in 1978/79. Inter also finished with 14 draws in 1982/83 and 1996/97.
Inter: last three-game winning run in November 2012
In 2013/14 Inter have yet to put together a run of three consecutive victories. With a win tonight against Napoli the Nerazzurri could manage the feat, as they’re coming off of wins against Sampdoria (4-0) and Parma (2-0). The last time it happened was in September and November of 2012, when the Nerazzurri actually logged a seven-game winning streak.
Only one Nerazzurri defeat in the last 12 matches
Inter have suffered only one defeat in their last 12 league matches: 1-2 at Atalanta on 23 March. In the remaining 11 clashes they have registered 6 wins and 5 draws.
300 Napoli matches for Hamsik
Marek Hamsik is approaching his 300th game for Napoli. So far he has tallied 243 appearances in the Serie A, 18 in the Coppa Italia, 37 in European competition and one in the Super Cup. His debut came on 15 August 2007 in the Coppa Italia: Napoli 4-0 Cesena.
Benitez: record for away wins equalled
In his first year in charge of Napoli, Rafa Benitez has equalled the club's record for away wins in a Serie A season: 9. It also happened under Mazzarri in 2010/11 and 2012/13. But, when compared with Inter’s current coach, it’s unlikely we’ll see the records equalled or beaten for total wins (23 in 2012/13: today Napoli have 20 with 4 games remaining) and total goals scored (73 last season, while right now they sit with 64).
